Michelle Alexander: Roots of Today's Mass Incarceration Crisis Date to Slavery, Jim Crow

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Michelle Alexander: Roots of Today's Mass Incarceration Crisis Date to Slavery, Jim Crow

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9 жыл бұрын

democracynow.org - As the Justice Department sheds new light on the racist criminal justice system in Ferguson, legal scholar Michelle Alexander looks at the historical roots of what she describes as "the new Jim Crow." From mass incarceration to police killings to the drug war, Alexander explores how the crisis is a nationwide issue facing communities of color. "Today we see millions of poor people and folks of color who are trapped, yet again, in a criminal justice system which are treating them like commodities, like people who are easily disposable," Alexander says. "We are not on the right path. … It's not about making minor reforms and plotting along in the same direction. No, its about mustering the courage to have a major reassessment of where we are as America, reckon with our racial history as well as our present, and build a broad-based movement rooted in the awareness of the dignity and humanity of us all."
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@jehceeeh4714 9 жыл бұрын

It's a shameful time during human history.

@andrewgoosdy3814 3 жыл бұрын

What happened to our young black men Just Like Jesse Jackson 5 Congressional Black Caucus where they at when you need them

@anneshaadams 6 жыл бұрын

so sadd

@marthacmd 9 жыл бұрын

I recommend to people I cross paths with to check out her book and you tube her talking about the new jim crow- I applaud her and respect her courage

@Mor928 26 күн бұрын

She's speaking and writing this rehashed narrative concerning what AfroAmerican children knew decades before she thought about writing this book.

@TheWayOfRespectAndKindness Жыл бұрын

All are given life.

@Channel-JJ 6 жыл бұрын

I'm always fascinated by this thought which is still a common theme today. No one disputes the speeding, broken tail light or any other reason for the traffic stop, the complaint is I get a ticket and don't pay or I don't show up for court and I get more punishment and that is wrong. We're not talking about someone being falsely accused or planting evidence were talking about committing a crime and saying I can't pay and that should be the end of it.

@Mor928 26 күн бұрын

Virtually all AfroAmericans including AfroAmericsan children knew this rehashed reiteration long before you had speaking engagements-most likely paid- and before you thought about writing that book.